Benoytosh Bhattacharyya

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Benoytosh Bhattacharyya (born January 6, 1897 , † June 22, 1964 in Calcutta ), who is also written Vinayatoṣa Bhaṭṭācārya, was an Indian scholar and specialist in the history, theory and practice of Buddhist tantra .

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Bhattacharyya received his education at the University of Calcutta , where he obtained a Master of Arts degree in the ancient Indian language Sanskrit in 1919 . At the University of Dhaka , founded in 1921, he was the first student in 1925 to obtain a doctorate in philosophy. The Maharaja Sayaji Rao III. Gaekwad von Baroda appointed Bhattacharyya in 1924 as editor of the renowned Indological book series “Gaekwad's Oriental Series” and in 1927 as director of the Oriental Institute of Baroda . When Lama Anagarika Govinda founded the Arya Maitreya Mandala in 1933 , Benoytosh Bhattacharyya was among the founding members.

Bhattacharyya was one of the first to propose the thesis, which is widely accepted in Indology today, that Hindu tantra was influenced by that of Buddhism. In old age, Bhattacharyya worked as an alternative doctor who developed therapies on the basis of classic tantric texts.

Works

  • The Indian Buddhist Ikonography. Oxford 1924.
  • Sadhanamala. Volume 1 Barode 1925, Volume 2 Baroda 1928.
  • Two Vajrayana Works. Baroda 1929.
  • Guhyasamaja Tantra. Baroda 1928.
  • An Introduction to Buddhist Esoterism. Baroda 1931.
  • Nispannayogavali. Baroda 1949.
  • Śaktisaṅgama Tantra: Volume IV. Chinnamastākhaṇḍa Baroda 1978.

literature

  • Shyamalkanti Chakravarti: Vinayatoshini: Benoytosh centenary volume . Benoytosh Centenary Committee 1996.
  • Birgit Zotz : “Eighty Years of Ārya Maitreya Maṇḍala - A Chronology.” In: Der Kreis No. 270, October 2013 ( ISSN  2197-6007 ), pp. 6–21.

Single receipts

  1. ↑ The biography follows the information in the obituary in the Bulletin of Tibetology "Obituary: Benoytosh Bhattacharyya" (PDF; 31 kB)
  2. ↑ Annette Belke: Lama Anagarika Govinda. Pioneer of a "creative Buddhism" in the West and founder of the Arya Maitreya Mandala . Dissertation. Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna 1995, p. 255
personal data
SURNAME Bhattacharyya, Benoytosh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian tantra expert
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1897
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1964
Place of death Calcutta